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FPA Statements

The Foreign Press Association is alarmed by Israel’s confiscation of the Associated Press’ broadcasting equipment today along the Israeli border near Gaza. This is the latest in series of chilling steps by the Israeli government to stifle the media. The Israeli Communications Ministry said its move was to block AP from providing footage to Al Jazeera, one of hundreds of AP clients around the globe, after Israel banned the network from operating locally under a new media law May 5.

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Our primary mission focuses on protecting the interests of reporters working in Israel, the West Bank and/or Gaza Strip who often find themselves overwhelmed or even threatened by the authorities on both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian divide.

Bob Simon of CBS has a head wound tended in Beirut

Marlin Levin TIME correspondent and former FPA chairman with Ben Gurion

Annette Grossbongardt of Der Spiegel checks out a check post

Dan BloomCBS Bureau Chief and one time FPA Chairman. The air shuttle between Israel and Cyprus was nicknamed ” Bloom Air”

Income Tax

Article 75A of the Income Tax Ordinance provides special tax benefits to journalists who are registered with the Foreign Press Association (FPA) and also meet two other criteria . . .

become an FPA Member

We encourage all journalists working for international news organizations and based in Israel, the West Bank and/or Gaza Strip to become members of the FPA.

Chairperson Tania Kraemer

The current FPA Chairperson, Tania Kraemer, is the Jerusalem-based correspondent and video-journalist for Deutsche Welle for 10 years.

For over 65 years the FPA has represented journalists working for these and countless other news organizations from all over the globe, from Brooklyn to Beijing, from Stockholm to Sydney.